Sonic Generations: Transitional Recollections

TRANSITIONAL

Characters

• Sonic
• Sonic does poses similar to art of the early 2000s. 
• Sonic gets help in the challenge acts, sometimes in a way similar to Sonic Advance 3. 
• Classic Sonic's Treasure Scanner is similar to Rouge's Treasure Scope or Knuckles' Sunglasses. 
• Sonic goes boarding in City Escape...once again. 
• Amy
• Amy's hammer moves are similar to those from Sonic Adventure/Sonic Battle/ Sonic Heroes. 
• Amy's move with Sonic from Advance 3 is similar to what she does in a challenge act. 
• Knuckles
• Knuckles' treasure hunter status is recalled. 
• Shadow
• Shadow crosses paths with Sonic like he does in Sonic Adventure 2: Battle's opening.
• Shadow's Chaos Spear move returns. 
• In the Shadow rival battle, Sonic races forward--getting 10 rings--before the level actually starts. This is a reference to Shadow having 10 rings at the start of each battle (in Shadow the Hedgehog).
• Shadow is can be the 3rd or 4th Chaos Emerald to get. In his own game he searches for "that DAMN 4th CHAOS EMERALD."
• Shadow's Chaos Control usage in Shadow the Hedgehog boss battles slowed time, similar to Time Break. Team Dark's move in Sonic Heroes also resembled this (though it froze time).   
• When fighting Shadow, the character's music may change when attacking, like it does when using Chaos powers in Shadow the Hedgehog. The song itself is a version of "All Hail Shadow," which debuted in Shadow the Hedgehog. 
• Vector
• Vector's detective skills are referenced. 
• Cream
• Cream tries to find chao before Sonic. This is inspired from "Find the Lost Chao" of Sonic Adventure 2 and to Cream's search for Chocola in Sonic Heroes. 
• Eggman
• "Prepare to be skewer-ed" is said in Egg Dragoon--a reference to Pawn Fever (Shadow the Hedgehog). 
• Chaos
• The different Perfect Chaos design is what the monster was supposed to look like in Sonic Adventure (but didn't due to the technology of the time).  
• Omachao
• Returns to give hints like his debut in Sonic Adventure 2.

Levels

• Speed Highway
• Station Square (boss)
• City Escape
• Final Rush (rival)
• Seaside Hill

Returning Elements

• Orca (First appeared: Sonic Adventure)
• Ring the Bell (First appeared: Sonic Adventure)
• Chao in Space (First appeared: Sonic Adventure)
• Helicopter (First appeared: Sonic Adventure)
• "Buy" Stuff (First appeared: Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut)
• Super Fight--Tag out/in (First appeared: Sonic Adventure 2)
• Floating Level Debris in Final Boss (First appeared: Sonic Heroes)

Music

• Standard (Remixes)
• The Settings is Heroes' Character Select music. 
• Challenge Act "Mission 3" was remixed music from Sonic Battle. 
• Speed Highway
• Vs Perfect Chaos
• City Escape
• Throw It All Away (when standing near Shadow)
• Final Rush
• What I'm Made Of (Sonic's theme in Vs Shadow)
• Seaside Hill
• E.G.G.M.A.N. (Outside of boss area)
• Unlockables
• Open Your Heart
• It Doesn't Matter
• Metal Harbor
• Live and Learn
• Green Forest
• Sonic Heroes
• Sonic Heroes Special Stage
• What I'm Made Of
• Neo Green Hill
• Leaf Forest
• Route 99
• I am...All of Me

Level Mechanics

• The Homing Attack is prominent in Modern stages. This began to become standard after Sonic Adventure.
• There are three paths in Seaside Hill, just as in the original (as there were 3 characters).   
• In Seaside Hill, the Egg Pawns wield their Egg Guns, as in Sonic Heroes. However the weapons look more like their Shadow the Hedgehog versions.  

Other Similarities

• The limit on the skills is similar to Ermel's customization limit in Sonic Battle. 
• Neo Metal Sonic using Chaos Control to stop time is similar to a move by the Time Eater.